Hollywood German Costumes

A Seattle Times Best of 2017 Book!Los Angeles, 1938. Former aspiring actress Lillian Frost is adjusting to a new life of boldfaced names as social secretary to a movie-mad millionaire. Costume designer Edith Head is running Paramount Pictures’ wardrobe department, but only until a suitable replacement comes along. The two friends again become partners thanks to an international scandal, a real-life incident in which the war clouds gathering over Europe cast a shadow on Hollywood.Lillian attend... [Read More]

Universal Hollywood Icons Collection spotlights the glamorous, magnetic and bold Marlene Dietrich with four of her most unforgettable films. An undeniable screen presence no matter the role, Dietrich shines as a nightclub singer in Blonde Venus, incites passion in Desire, reveals her dramatic prowess in Angel and illuminates an island outpost in Seven Sinners. Notwithstanding her "bedroom eyes" and seductive voice, Dietrich's true power was holding the audience captive with every moment. Re-disc... [Read More]

This is a look at fashion in films throughout the ages. Black and white photographs ranging from the early days of the cinema up to the present day reveal the intimate connection that has always existed between fashion and the movies.

**Perenially classic and universally adored family films, starring Romy Schneider, restored in 2K and being released for the first time on Blu Ray.** **Box set includes the Sissi trilogy, along with Romy Schneider's first film, Victoria in Dover, a precursor to the Sissi films, in which Schneider plays Britain s Princess Victoria.** **Blu Ray and DVD box sets include Forever my Love, the beloved Sissi Trilogy presented in a condensed English-dubbed version, originally released by Paramount Pictu... [Read More]

Before the rise of television, the cinema was a key medium of entertainment and information. The Nazi regime, which inherited the largest film industry outside Hollywood, realised this, with some of the most memorable images of Hitler and his party coming from Leni Riefenstahl's film Triumph of the Will. Susan Tegel has written a comprehensive account of the films made in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, including the notorious feature film, Jud Süss, and the compilation documentary Der Ewige Ju... [Read More]